IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship
ChampionshipnameIPWA Light Heavyweight Championship
PromotionIndependent Professional Wrestling Alliance
CreatedJune 7, 1996
MostreignsJulio Sanchez (4)
FirstchampMark Shrader
FinalchampJacey North
(won March 25, 2000)
LongestreignJulio Sanchez (11 days)
ShortestreignJulio Sanchez (273 days)
Titleretired2001

The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.

There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Coast wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino, Christian York, and Joey Matthews.

Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship1996 — 2001

Reigns

WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1Mark Shrader1June 7, 1996Alexandria, VirginiaLive eventShrader defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl in a tournament final to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.[1][2]
—Vacated—September 13, 1996—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated after Mark Shrader wins the MEWF Heavyweight Championship.[1]
2Earl the Pearl1September 21, 1996AlexandriaLive eventDefeated Johnny Graham and Sheik Ali Amin in a three-way match to win the vacant title.[1]
3Mark Shrader2May 1996N/AAlexandriaLive event[1]
4Julio Sanchez1March 22, 1997Lenoir, North CarolinaLive event[1][3][4][5][6]
—Vacated—April 29, 1997—N/AN/A[1][3][4][5]
5Steve Corino1May 2, 1997Pikeville, North CarolinaLive eventCorino defeated Christian York in a tournament final to win both the IPWA and NWA 2000 Light Heavyweight Championships.[1][3][4][5]
6Julio Sanchez2December 7, 1997AlexandriaLive event[1][3][4][5][7]
7Christian York1June 13, 1998AlexandriaLive event[1][3][4][5][8]
8Julio Sanchez3August 22, 1998Chincoteague, VirginiaLive event[3][4][5]
9Christian York2September 2, 1998Richmond, VirginiaLive event[3][4][5]
10Joey Matthews1January 9, 1999ChincoteagueLive event[1][3][4][5][9]
11Julio Sanchez4January 23, 1999N/AAlexandriaLive eventSanchez defeated Joey Matthews and Christian York in a three-way match.[1][3][4][5]
12Joey Matthews2N/AN/AN/AN/A[10]
13Jacey North1March 25, 2000N/AQuantico, VirginiaLive event[10]
—Deactivated—2001—N/AN/AThe IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1]Wrestler
  1. of reigns
Combined days
1Julio Sanchez4344
2Christian York2280
3Steve Corino1223
4Mark Shrader298+
5Earl the Pearl135

Footnotes

  1. ^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

  1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories. 4th ed. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ DiMuzio, Michael J. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. November 1996: 52+.
  3. ^ Westcott, Brian (1998). "IPWA Light Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  4. ^ "IPWA Light Heavyweight Title". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. Genickbruch.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  6. ^ Watkins, Marcus. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at Lenoir High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 74+.
  7. ^ Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance at the Secret Cove at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. May 1998: 51+.
  8. ^ Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
  9. ^ Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1999). "IPWA Results - 9 January 1999". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived March 5, 2000 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  10. ^ Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (2000). "IPWA Results - 25 March 2000". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived February 11, 2001 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 10, 2011.